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UNITED PATENT OFFICE.

ANGEL C. DENNING, 0F JOItN SON CITY, NEW YORK SUBSTITUTE MATERIAL FOR MAKING BOX IOES FOR SHOES.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Ausnn (f). DENNING, citizen of the United States, residing iLt Johnson City, in the county of Bl'OOIIH? and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Substitute Material for Making BOX-'loes for Shoes. of which the following is a filit'tlllfiul lnll.

In shoe manufacture the uniterial gcneu ally employed in fm-ming and nmiiituiniug the she )e of box torn-- ir--: w ol tell 'lhie iimtm'ial possesses vm v tlelzillttl'iltl qualities for that purpose and for that reason has heretofore been almost cxii'lusivcly employed in the limiting of box toes for shoes. Hoeever, on account of (he (liiiiculty, at limes, in obtaining an adequat supply of wool felt for use in shoe manufacture and also on account of the high. cost thereof it has been the aim of shoe lllttflll'fflCillllBlS to obtain a substitute muterial available for the same ur'poscs as the wool felt and susceptible of icing employed in the some 01* substantially the same manner in the process of manufao turin boots and shoes.

It as been found very difiicult to provide it substitute for wool felt having the characteristicsof that material and catm hie of being used to'the some advantage and in the same manner in the making of box toes. However, as the result of aknowledge of the requirements of materials used in the manufacture ofboots and shoes and the behavior thereof when subjected to the difi'erent proccases involved I have been able to success fully develop asubstitute material for woolfelt which entirel meets the requirements of box toe me'nu aoture. The new substi- Specification of Letters Patent Application filed September 13, 181B.

Patented May 13, 1.919.

Serial m. 203.900.

.tiute material consists primarily oi. cotton fabric rugs and tennery hair, preferably in the proportion of 70% cotton rags and huinery hain These materials ere worked up into a stock which is placed in a heater or beating engine such as employed in pulp making, anti after being properly work d up in the healer a'ro run onto (l cylinder wui .um xhine. 'n'oclucing in sheet form Hm v. felted material. i i; in nurse 9F roaiii'm up the box toes tlwr-qi1 iuc-orporenz WU the no. felled n'mtcriai onnsflu 1h,- rugs and lzmnelty mm, a tlioi'nio lm tir binder such as rosin, thereby imparting to the material the thermoplastic Cll'nllHTtOllStlC so that the material may be readily softened with heat and molded and then allowed to cool with the resultof hardening and retairu ing the molded. shape, makin a, hard hm: toe of the same, character as a x toe made from wool felt, and in fact having superior advantages thereover from. the standpoint of econom and durability 1. A felted material for making hon shoe toes composed solely of cotton fabric rags, tanner} hair and a thermoplastic binder.

A felted material for making box shoe toes composed solely of cotton woven-fabric rags, tennery hair and a thermoplastic hinder.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ANSEL C. DENNING.

Witnesses;

L;"N.- DUFFERD, E. H. Genome. 

